NFL Management Council Argues in Favor of Choice of Law Provision

The National Football League Players Association and a former offensive lineman have failed to show that California has a clear public policy forbidding employees and employers from contracting around the California workers' compensation system, according to a new brief filed by the National Football League Management Council at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. As the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and the league's owners have hammered out the details of a new collective bargaining agreement in recent months, attorneys for both sides have continued to file briefs...